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Europe; Juncker proposes a European border corps of 10,000 agents

The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, has proposed the creation of a corps of permanent and continental border agents. "In the EU we must establish a border guard worthy of that name and be authentic and effective," he explained in what will be his last speech of the State of the European Union (EU), delivered on Wednesday.

"By 2020 I want a permanent corps of 10,000 agents ready to support the more than 100 000 national border guards in their arduous task," Juncker said. In his speech he has not forgotten that to implement this plan "we must also address the issue of equipment." The president of the Commission has pointed directly on this point: "We need more airplanes, more ships, more vehicles".